I got Total Eclipse and Star Wars: Rebel Assault, both with manuals and without boxes, for under $20 on Ebay. Was pretty pleased with that deal until I got the games and saw that the discs really are pretty scratched up. I'm sure the seller was telling the truth about them being play-tested, but I'll have to say a prayer that neither of them crashes at a later point in the game.

At any rate, as mentioned in one of my earliest posts of these boards, I'm very excited to play Total Eclipse. Poking through the manual, I see much of the gameplay is the same as Solar Eclipse, which is a darn good thing in my book.

Curious to know your thoughts after you've played it, especially if you have only played Solar Eclipse (a game I like very much). I still to this day can't get into Total Eclipse, even though I try to make myself every now and then.

The week prior, my buddy was out of town and came back with a bunch of rad stuff for me too.

Two copies of PO'ed, one sealed, one complete.
Lemmings
Wing Commander 3 (I actually had to take a break from this one because I wasn't sleeping much and ended up late for work because of it. It's so good though...)
Hell: A Cyberpunk Thriller (It seems like one I'll really like, I'm a big P'n'C fan but I have to try and deal with the terrible terrible music and voices)
Starfighter (Sealed)
Burning Soldier
ALG Game Gun (I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW MUCH FUN MAD DOG 2 IS WITH THIS THING!)

A couple weeks ago I payed for a 3DO and a bunch of odds and ends. About 10 controllers, 2 mice, 2 joysticks, a bunch of boxed games (only one sealed: Immercenary). 80 games in total. I'm unsure which are of significant value.

The main reason I got it was for the joysticks. I'm going to try to emulate it in 4DO. I wanted a gun too, but there wasn't one in there.

I got on a 3DO kick about two months ago and started buying stuff again. Partially because I got the "bug" again, and partially because I had sold all of my collection sometime in the last year (stupidly--have no idea now why I did. there was probably a good reason).

JohnnyDude wrote:A couple weeks ago I payed for a 3DO and a bunch of odds and ends. About 10 controllers, 2 mice, 2 joysticks, a bunch of boxed games (only one sealed: Immercenary). 80 games in total. I'm unsure which are of significant value.

The main reason I got it was for the joysticks. I'm going to try to emulate it in 4DO. I wanted a gun too, but there wasn't one in there.

Well I have a gun but since I don't have a CRT TV anymore it doesn't really get much use. If you'd like, I could send it to you since these days I must admit I play more 3DO games with 4DO than my actual FZ-1 (a mostly dead laser gave a slight push I must admit). The point is 4DO is a great emulator and I hope one day it will be a 100% accurate 3DO emulator.

JohnnyDude wrote:A couple weeks ago I payed for a 3DO and a bunch of odds and ends. About 10 controllers, 2 mice, 2 joysticks, a bunch of boxed games (only one sealed: Immercenary). 80 games in total. I'm unsure which are of significant value.

The main reason I got it was for the joysticks. I'm going to try to emulate it in 4DO. I wanted a gun too, but there wasn't one in there.

When you say joysticks, are you referring to the flightstick thing? How are those? Are they worth picking up for any games that can use them? I know Wing Commander 3 and Bladeforce are compatible and I'm curious if it adds a nice dimension to anything. After finding out how much fun ALG games are with the gun, i.e. they become playable and aren't just a live action game of Memory, I'm curious to try some of the other accessories.

JohnnyDude wrote:A couple weeks ago I payed for a 3DO and a bunch of odds and ends. About 10 controllers, 2 mice, 2 joysticks, a bunch of boxed games (only one sealed: Immercenary). 80 games in total. I'm unsure which are of significant value.

The main reason I got it was for the joysticks. I'm going to try to emulate it in 4DO. I wanted a gun too, but there wasn't one in there.

When you say joysticks, are you referring to the flightstick thing? How are those? Are they worth picking up for any games that can use them? I know Wing Commander 3 and Bladeforce are compatible and I'm curious if it adds a nice dimension to anything. After finding out how much fun ALG games are with the gun, i.e. they become playable and aren't just a live action game of Memory, I'm curious to try some of the other accessories.

I just tried it out the joystick tonight. It made Star Fighter's controls much more bearable. I couldn't find Killing Time, but I want to try that! It'll certainly be clunky on the hardware, but imagine how much more slick it would be in 4DO if you could use the analog portions of your game pads normally!

Also, it appears that one of my two 3DO's has died. It was the 3DO I bought when I first started 4DO. I'm sure glad that 3DO lot I bought had a 3DO with it! The disc drive is clearly the dead part... I hear they are reparable.

JohnnyDude wrote:A couple weeks ago I payed for a 3DO and a bunch of odds and ends. About 10 controllers, 2 mice, 2 joysticks, a bunch of boxed games (only one sealed: Immercenary). 80 games in total. I'm unsure which are of significant value.

The main reason I got it was for the joysticks. I'm going to try to emulate it in 4DO. I wanted a gun too, but there wasn't one in there.

Well I have a gun but since I don't have a CRT TV anymore it doesn't really get much use. If you'd like, I could send it to you since these days I must admit I play more 3DO games with 4DO than my actual FZ-1 (a mostly dead laser gave a slight push I must admit). The point is 4DO is a great emulator and I hope one day it will be a 100% accurate 3DO emulator.

I wouldn't feel right, but I appreciate the offer. The hardware would allow me one avenue to figuring out how to emulate it, but I don't own an oscilliscope and I don't feel like figuring out how to make use of one without breaking the controller! A standard multimeter won't work since the danged things are serial. I would be better suited to trying to reverse engineer the code 3DO operating system (Opera) code instead anyway.

Some people might think topics like this are useless, but I like knowing what 3DO games are floating around. I just picked up the Japanese version of Furopon the Space Mutant, but nothing new for me besides that, I only even did it because I can't find a darned image online and it's one of the better puzzle games out there. I'll try to make a topic with pictures soon.

ArfredHitchcacku wrote:Some people might think topics like this are useless, but I like knowing what 3DO games are floating around. I just picked up the Japanese version of Furopon the Space Mutant, but nothing new for me besides that, I only even did it because I can't find a darned image online and it's one of the better puzzle games out there. I'll try to make a topic with pictures soon.

Is that the Japanese version of Trip'd? I remember picking up Trip'd at Best Buy back in the day for 10 bucks and really liking it I'm no good at puzzle games though and I always end up quitting in a frustrated fury of madness.

ArfredHitchcacku wrote:Some people might think topics like this are useless, but I like knowing what 3DO games are floating around. I just picked up the Japanese version of Furopon the Space Mutant, but nothing new for me besides that, I only even did it because I can't find a darned image online and it's one of the better puzzle games out there. I'll try to make a topic with pictures soon.

Is that the Japanese version of Trip'd? I remember picking up Trip'd at Best Buy back in the day for 10 bucks and really liking it I'm no good at puzzle games though and I always end up quitting in a frustrated fury of madness.

Trip'd is the sequel and is available on the Short Warp collection in Japan (known there as Furupon 2). I don't think it was available stand-alone in Japan, but don't quote me on that.

The original, Furupon the Space Mutant (aka Flopon the Space Mutant, as it says on the spine), is worth having even with Trip'd. It has some differences, like an always split-screen playfield whether you play solo or not, and while the visuals aren't quite as spruced up, they have their own particular charm. The game is much more difficult than Trip'd, which will probably be seen as a good thing by most. I think a common complaint for Trip'd is that it's too easy solo, and games feel like they just go on, and on, and on, and.. you get the point. In the original Japanese Furupon, it also has some mini-game bonuses that you'll find on Short Warp as well, so it's definitely worth having in the collection.

Austin wrote:Curious to know your thoughts after you've played it, especially if you have only played Solar Eclipse (a game I like very much). I still to this day can't get into Total Eclipse, even though I try to make myself every now and then.

I meant to ask this earlier, but how come you like Solar Eclipse but not Total Eclipse?

Well, I think I was spoiled in that I played Solar Eclipse first. To me, the graphics are more detailed (and more pleasing on the eyes), the gameplay is faster and more precise, the weapons feel better, the levels are far more varied (spikes popping out of the ground, no monotonous tunnel sequences, asteroid segments, etc.), the soundtrack is more memorable to me, etc., etc. It's just a far more involved and polished product than Total Eclipse IMO, which seems bland and monotonous in comparison.

On another note, I finally tracked down Total Eclipse Turbo for the PSX recently. Still haven't given it a try, but I'm curious to see if it's improved at all over the 3DO original.

B.C. Racers-Got to watch the intro and raced 1 round,I guess its okay from the 5min I played/watched but heard much worse from others.Meh well see?

Star Fighter-Got to see 3do kids loop d loop in his countdown video and got lucky when a pal hook me up with this for basically free,havent invested time yet because of the next two...

Escape From Monster Manor-You guys are probably tired of me mentioning this game as its been in all 3 of my post so far,But idk have to say I appreciate this game.Had it before my 3do arrived and was the first thing I had to try,Its simple design and fun gameplay has me hooked at the moment gonna probably play this one through before moving on..

Immercanary-After brief breaks from (here we go again) Monster Manor,Ive decided this would be my next 3do game inline
and decided to give this a playtest.Needless to say I didnt put it down that night,I heard people being lost on what to do in this game but if you dont give up at first it actually rewards you with info when you die sending you back into the action to learn from you mistakes.Have to dedicate to this soon...

COMING SOON:
Now to get the wife in on the action (shes casual w/games)
I just ordered a spare controller,Family Feud & Twisted..

And I have a pre order on 50+ games when the seller comes around to digging it up.

Not much in the way of 3DO pickups for me, although I did receive a boxed Off-World Interceptor in the mail. Normally the poor condition of the box is a turn-off for me, but the thing was only $6 after shipping, so a bad box is better than no box for that price! The disc looks nice as well, albeit there's no jewel case insert or artwork. For the price, it's no biggie. Now, time to revisit this game (again)..

My Family Feud & Twisted arrived!
Got the wife/casual gamer in on the action too.

And some comments from her:
"WoW this is really cool,theres something unique about this system"
"When did this come out?"
"What just happened?" (Family Feuds weird game glitches..Sounds,random phrase mixups and game resets)

Twisted:
Was after late that night after a few games of FF and little tired,but can see this being fun..Dont like that ringing noise between turns.:/

I finally got a longboxed Lemmings. On another note how often do you re-buy games & accessories because you forgot you already had them? I went out of my way to get a certain Super Famicom game just to find I already had it hiding in a box.

3DO Experience wrote:I finally got a longboxed Lemmings. On another note how often do you re-buy games & accessories because you forgot you already had them? I went out of my way to get a certain Super Famicom game just to find I already had it hiding in a box.

I find if you keep a clean and organized gameroom, you avoid that problem.